OTTAWA, ONT. (Thursday, July 20, 2006) - - Taking a breather from his
hectic NASCAR Busch East Series (BES) schedule, Ottawa, Ontario's
(Canada) Pierre Bourque will look to make a smashing debut in
Canada's version of NASCAR from Edmonton, AB in the running of
Saturday's Grand Prix of Edmonton.

Bourque, Canada's only full-time NASCAR driver is teaming up with
Whitlock Motorsports for the first of three events this season.

"I'm really looking forward to Edmonton this weekend," stated
a confident Bourque this week. "I'm grateful to Whitlock
Motorsports for allowing me to be a part of their team. Hopefully we can
keep our nose clean and garnish a good finish for everyone."

Before heading into Edmonton, Bourque tested at Race City Motorsport Park
in Calgary on Wednesday preparing for this weekend's prestige event.

Bourque will use this race not only as experience in the CASCAR Series
but as additional seat time in a stock car. Bourque is spending 2006 in a
variety of different racecars and sanctions, but anytime an opportunity
arises to acquire seat time to boast his racing resume, it's not a
hard decision.

"The NASCAR Busch East Series is off this weekend and I want to keep
my rhythm going in a racecar and competing in this weekend's event
allows me to do so. I'm really pumped about the race on Saturday. I'm not going to try and go out and slaughter any records this
weekend, I just want to run competitively and finish well. Everyone
deserves that."

Bourque will drive the No. 29 Dodge Charger for Whitlock Motorsports in
all Canadian events. Next weekend, he will be back competing for Andy
Hillenburg's Charlotte, NC, based Fast Track Racing Team in the 2006
NASCAR BUSCH EAST championship where he currently lies 18th in the points
chase.